dolphin3111

Kessler is using ficticous phone threats to cover up his true anti-gun philosophies. He has aligned himself with Rockefeller, Manchin, Obama, and mayor Danny Jones of Charleston on the gun issue and AGAINST the majority of voters in West Virginia.

HB-2760 passed the House of Delegates by a margin of 94 to 4 and good old boy Jeffrey won't allow a vote in the Senate. Disgraceful!

Wetzel

So why don't the people of these cities vote in new council members to change these laws? It is their town, not yours. Voting, and lobbying others to vote is the way you make a difference. Making threats works against your cause, not for it.

Wetzel

Below is the gun law for Charleston, WV. I don't see what the big deal is people. The gun ordinance restricts people from buying more than one handgun per month inside the city. It also requires a three-day waiting period for a handgun purchase and a background check. Council passed the ordinance to curb crime in the early 1990s that was associated with drug dealers coming in from larger cities to purchase guns at a reduced rate in Charleston.

voters

You're well aware what "the big deal" is, Wetzel. You know for a fact that differing ordinances across the state set law abiding citizens up to go to jail with no intent to commit a crime or do any harm. Don't be disingenuous. It's unbecoming.

Wetzel

How would you go to jail? Look at the law? Your protest doesn't make sense. They aren't limiting how many guns you have, where you can have them, or what type of gun. They are simply trying to keep the drug thugs from using Charleston as a place to buy unlimited amounts of guns. The mayor of Charleston supports the law and he is a Republican.

voters

Wetzel

Why target Kessler? Why not target the mayors and councils of these towns? The law has been in effect for over a decade. Has there been a case of any law abiding gun owner going to jail? Why haven't the citizens of these towns complained? It seems to me that someone wants Kessler's seat and they are trying to make something out of nothing. Is there a law in Charleston WV that forbids you to carry a concealed weapon? Just trying to understand why this group is targeting West Virginia. I didn't see any familiar faces at your rally. We all know each other here.

FormerValleyGirl

Martinsburg's Ordinance prevents carrying inside city-owned buildings by all except active law enforcement. So, yes, it does prevent concealed and open carry in certain places. It was relaxed in 2008 to include only city-owned structures, not properties. The bill was challenged by the Defense League, and the case was dismissed.

Wetzel

Wetzel

Well it looks like these people won. A republican in the legislature pushed this through attached to a funding bill. Funding that Charleston WV can only get if they change their law. The article I read said that they put the law in place because of a drugs for guns problem in Midwest cities. More drugs in WV, that's not what we need. In my opinion the biggest threat to the second amendment is guns in the wrong hands. We really need to find a way to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, and the drug gangs.

ImJustSayin

Typical Liberal. Its only a ban, its only a 3day waiting period, why the threats. Well because there is a 2nd ammendment. And a 3 day waiting period does absolutely nothing. Background checks are already required. And as far as the threats if they have creditable threats or really any at all, then make some arrest and prosecute. Kessler is just laying the ground work to try and follow Manchin to DC. Where they all go and forget where they come from.